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Will PRP injections help flatten a keloid?

October 30, 2018
Asked By:Anon48278

Will prp injections help flatten keloid and hypertrophic raised scars also will it help raise indented scars? Also will it help with bringing back the normal color and texture of those scars? Thanks

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Answer: Keloids -- Fraxel, 5fu/steroids, pulsed dye/vbeam/yellow laser, surgery, radiation

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